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The founder : Cecil Rhodes and the pursuit of power /
A tall, robust-looking, imposing figure, Cecil John Rhodes was a man of many contradictions. Rhodes, the dreamy idealist, called his copy of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius his "most precious possession," while Rhodes, the ruthless businessman, firmly believed in the adage, "every...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1988.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A tall, robust-looking, imposing figure, Cecil John Rhodes was a man of many contradictions. Rhodes, the dreamy idealist, called his copy of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius his "most precious possession," while Rhodes, the ruthless businessman, firmly believed in the adage, "every man has his price." He supported invidious racial laws in South Africa, and invented and sponsored the world-renowned Rhodes Scholarships. Although a man of unprepossessing intellectual talents, he became one of the leading figures in the English-speaking world, the confidant of Queen Victoria |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 800 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 754-772) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199770342 0199770344 1283121247 9781283121248 9786613121240 661312124X 0199879206 9780199879205 |